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    Palmerston Island is a coral atoll in the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean about 290 miles (470 km) northwest of Rarotonga. James Cook landed there on...
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    Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC, FRS (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician...
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    William Marsters (category People from Palmerston Island)
    William a 21-year lease which was extended until 1954. Full ownership of Palmerston Atoll was granted to the Marsters family in 1954 by an amendment to the Cook...
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    Suwarrow (redirect from Suwarrow Atoll)
    of Suwarrow and Palmerston Atolls. ISBN 0-7091-3971-3. Jones, Rhys J. (2001): The status of seabird colonies on the Cook Islands atoll of Suwarrow. Bird...
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    only island that he personally set foot on was the tiny, uninhabited Palmerston Atoll. The first recorded landing by Europeans on Rarotonga was in 1814 by...
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    Swains Island (category Atolls of American Samoa)
    10F #19, 2005: Powerful category 5 super-cycloe Percy bears down on Palmerston atoll - Cook Islands". ReliefWeb. March 2, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2024. "USCGC...
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  • Percival, W.H (1973): Sisters in the Sun: The Story of Suwarrow and Palmerston Atolls. Robert Hale and Company, London. ISBN 0-7091-3971-3. Niue News Update...
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    Home (islet) (category Palmerston Island)
    Home is an islet in Palmerston Island in the Cook Islands. Sometimes referred to as Palmerston or Pamati, the name given to the atoll by James Cook, it...
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    joined the ship. Stops included Papeete, Rurutu, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Palmerston atoll and Samoa. The ship reached Tongatapu on 29 August 1986. Here Edwin...
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    Outlying Islands (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island). Crocombe noted that Easter Island, Lord Howe Island...
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